Statistics of U.S. Businesses: 2008:
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| By detailed employment size | By year | By industry |
| Employment size of enterprise | Firms |
Estab- lish- ments |
Paid employees |
Annual payroll ($1,000) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All firms | 3,618 | 4,929 | 65,980 | 2,927,114 |
| Firms with 1 to 4 employees (or with no employees as of Mar 12) | 1,472 | 1,474 | 2,451 | 95,808 |
| Firms with 5 to 9 employees | 530 | 535 | 3,490 | 130,263 |
| Firms with 10 to 19 employees | 507 | 540 | 6,484 | 270,019 |
| Firms with 20 to 99 employees | 569 | 858 | 17,791 | 743,551 |
| Firms with 100 to 499 employees | 258 | 751 | 17,110 | 749,930 |
| Firms with 500 employees or more | 282 | 771 | 18,654 | 937,543 |
| More data |
Year | Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
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2008 | 3,618 | 30.7% | 14.9% | 7.8% | 65,980 | 81.2% | 54.2% | 28.3% |
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2007 | 3,666 | 30.3% | 14.1% | 7.8% | 64,229 | 80.8% | 51.9% | 29.2% |
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2006 | 3,665 | 30.0% | 13.9% | 7.7% | 64,474 | 80.4% | 51.2% | 28.7% |
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2005 | 3,684 | 29.6% | 13.4% | 7.0% | 63,167 | 79.9% | 49.2% | 26.0% |
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2004 | 3,684 | 29.4% | 13.0% | 6.8% | 61,423 | 78.8% | 47.2% | 24.6% |
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2003 | 3,696 | 29.4% | 12.9% | 6.9% | 60,262 | 78.4% | 46.0% | 25.5% |
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2002 | 3,822 | 28.4% | 12.6% | 6.8% | 61,706 | 77.3% | 46.1% | 25.3% |
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2001 | 3,879 | 29.4% | 13.2% | 7.3% | 64,527 | 77.9% | 46.1% | 25.0% |
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2000 | 4,004 | 28.4% | 12.6% | 7.2% | 65,289 | 77.2% | 44.5% | 24.3% |
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1999 | 4,083 | 28.3% | 12.0% | 6.9% | 64,895 | 76.6% | 42.9% | 24.1% |
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1998 | 4,197 | 28.0% | 11.5% | 6.5% | 64,101 | 75.9% | 41.8% | 23.7% |
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NAICS code |
Industry title (with link to definition) |
Firms by employment size of enterprise | Paid employees by employment size of enterprise | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | Total | 20 + | 100 + | 500 + | ||
| 42 | Wholesale trade | 3,618 | 30.7% | 14.9% | 7.8% | 65,980 | 81.2% | 54.2% | 28.3% |
| 423 | Merchant wholesalers, durable goods | 1,995 | 34.4% | 17.4% | 9.2% | 35,664 | 80.0% | 51.1% | 24.2% |
| 424 | Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods | 1,207 | 33.3% | 16.7% | 9.0% | 27,629 | 85.0% | 61.3% | 34.9% |
| 425 | Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers | 442 | 10.0% | 2.7% | 1.8% | 2,687 | 58.0% | D | 14.4% |
| All-sector table | By detailed employment size | By year | By industry | Data in formats for downloading | Other data for NAICS 42 |